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As part of our new initiative on TPF you can come and take part in a series of new in-depth articles and discussions every month. Featured this month are the methods that one of our top avian photographers, Kristofer Rowe uses to get his stunning photos (as also featured on Tamron USA website as well!). So drop in and take part, I know that Kristofer will be happy to answer your questions and hear what you do out in the field with your camera!

I went to Monhegan Island, which is an hour off of the coast of Maine for the day. Monhegan Island is an island famous for its artistic residents. Walking around you'll see photographers, painters, and artisans of all sorts. I was mainly there to escort the interns that are interning at the newspaper I work at for the summer. They were there to write a story; I was there to take photos. This is one of the ones that I came back with:

this photo is amazing. blown sky adds to it rather than take away. colors are vibrant and saturated. nice diagonal composition. also well balanced with the deep colors and large information on right with intricacy on left. crisp, clean and full of life. great photo man.

This was taken at Lobster Cove on the island. There's a large shipwreck there, and no one that's gone overboard in the cove has ever been recovered or saved.

Another from Lobster Cove:

We were standing around for a while when we thought we were supposed to be catching our boat, but we ended up missing it and had to catch a ride back on a freight ship. It was a big confusing ordeal. So this is what I saw sitting next to us, a lobster trap and a few boats.

After hiking up a fairly steep incline, we finally reached the lighthouse that we could see when we landed. Up at the lighthouse, I was intrigued by a strangely welcoming bench.

Walking through the graveyard, I came across this marker. She clearly loved Monhegan, it just seems the Island hasn't been as kind to her grave marker.